 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1880 - 498 pages
...multiple of two or more quantities must contain all the prime factors of each of the quantities. 129. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is...product of all their different prime factors, each taken onli/ the greatest number of times it is found in any one of those quantities. By the least quantity,... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1880 - 498 pages
...multiple of two or more quantities must contain all the prime factors of each of the quantities. 129. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is...them without a remainder. Hence, the least common mult1ple of two or -more quantities must l1e the product of all their different prime faetors, each... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1880 - 324 pages
...or more quantities without a remainder. Thus, i8a is a common multiple of 2, 3, 6, and 9. 146. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is...can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 2 1 is the least common multiple of 3 and 7 ; 30 is the least common multiple of 2, 3, and 5.... | |
 | R. M. Milburn - Mathematics - 1880 - 116 pages
...divisor (HCD), and highest common factor (HCF) are used sometimes in preference to GCM] 22. LCM — The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which exactly contains each of them. 23. An equation expresses the equality of two algebraical expressions,... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 282 pages
...— Resolve the given numbers into their prime factors; select all the different factors, taking each the greatest number of times it is found in any one of the numbers, and multiply together the factors thus selected. The product will be the least common... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1884 - 334 pages
...or more quantities without a, remainder. Thus, i8a is a common multiple of 2, 3, 6, and g. 146. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is...quantity that can be divided by each of them without u remainder. Thus, 2 1 is the least common multiple of 3 and 7 ; 30 is the least common multiple of... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1886 - 396 pages
...by each separately without a remainder. Thus 20a3b2 is a common multiple of 4a6 and 5a262. 101. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be divided by each without a re, mainder. Thus 12a2 is the least common multiple of 3a2.and 4a. 102. It is obvious that... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Algebra - 1888 - 190 pages
...Common Multiple of two or more quantities is a quantity which is a multiple of each of them. 119. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which is a multiple of each of them. NOTE. — The primary idea of a multiple is that of a number of... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1888 - 336 pages
...common multiple of 2, 3, 6, and g. 146. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the leant quantity that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 2t is the least common multiple of 3 and 7 ; 30 is the least common multiple of 2, 3, and 5.... | |
 | Asa Hollister Craig - Examinations - 1897 - 538 pages
..." A common multiple of two or more quantities is one which is exactly divisible by each of them. A least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity exactly divisible by each of them. 57. Factor the given quantities, and affect each factor with the... | |
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The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. 
